Cape Cod Bird Sightings — Tuesday, November 19, 2024
Cape Cod Weekly Wildlife Sightings is sponsored by the Bird Watchers General Store in Orleans and Mass Audubon's Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary. The following sightings were reported between November 13 and November 19, 2024.
The Cape’s second-ever record of Spotted Towhee was found at the Provincetown Airport on the 16th. A very rare Pine Grosbeak, two White-winged Crossbills and a late Prairie Warbler were also seen there this week.
Along nearby Race Point Rd a Western Tanager and 2 Evening Grosbeaks were also seen.
Birds from Race Point in Provincetown this week included a Pacific Loon, 400 Long-tailed Ducks, 1300 White-winged Scoters, 1500 Red-breasted Mergansers, 500 Sanderlings, 400 Dunlin, 5 Pomarine Jaegers, 1080 Razorbills, a Common Murre, 2 Dovekies, 85 Black-legged Kittiwakes, 70 Cory’s Shearwater, 215 Great Shearwaters, 4 Sooty Shearwaters, 2 Manx Shearwaters, 3200 Northern Gannets, 2 Lapland Longspurs, and 24 Snow Buntings.
Masses of Cory’s Shearwaters continued in the bay this week, including about 500 at First Encounter Beach, where other sightings included 950 Long-tailed Ducks, 4 Purple Sandpipers, 75 Razorbills, 85 Black-legged Kittiwake, and 3100 Northern Gannets.
Other sightings around the Cape included a Clapper Rail and an American Bittern at Fort Hill in Eastham, a Blue-headed Vireo in Dennis and another at Wellfleet Bay sanctuary, and a Snowy Owl in Provincetown.
If you have questions about these sightings, or want to report a sighting, call the Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary at 508-349-2615 or send e-mail to [email protected].